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TIL In recorded history, the deadliest tropical cyclone (over 300,000 killed in 1970) and the deadliest tornado (1,300 killed in 1989) both occurred in the country of Bangladesh

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9yKM TIL spelling bees are a particularly American/British phenomenon. Other languages spell their words so intuitively that one can easily spell them just by hearing them. English, on the other hand, contains Latin, Greek, Germanic, etc. roots, not to mention whole words borrowed from other languages.
6jyY TIL in England, after 2 thieves broke into a mans home and made off with his laptop, they inspected the device, found serious child abuse material and went to the cops regardless. The paedophile got 3 yrs in jail. The judge gave robbers a 12 month community service orders in light of their good deed
KOmW4 TIL before the WWII Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese military forced Okinawan boys as young as 14 to fight against the US invasion. They weren't expected to win so the boys were given suicide missions. The only weapon most were given were 2 grenades - one for the US solders the other for themselves.
0ddxN TIL The Coca-Cola Company briefly had a syndicated television arm in the mid-80s. It helped produce series such as "Punky Brewster", "Dinosaucers", "The New Gidget", and "Starcom: The U.S. Space Force".
GKX1 TIL that following the death of Ayrton Senna an estimated 3 million people lined the streets of São Paulo in what is “widely accepted as the largest recorded gathering of mourners in modern times”